Effects of Enteromorpha prolifera polysaccharides on growth performance, intestinal barrier function and cecal microbiota in yellow-feathered broilers under heat stress

Table 3 Effects of Enteromorpha prolifera polysaccharides on antioxidant capacity and sIgA level of jejunal mucosa in yellow-feathered broilers under heat stress

Items	TN	HS	HSE	SEM	P-value
T-AOC, mmol/mg protein	64.92^a	25.87^b	42.37^ab	7.12	0.043
T-SOD, U/mg protein	321.06^a	286.85^b	319.58^a	7.69	0.070
GSH-Px, U/mg protein	85.72	85.05	89.70	4.36	0.736
CAT, U/mg protein	3.88^a	1.69^b	2.67^b	0.30	0.017
GST, U/mg protein	31.95^a	19.45^b	29.68^a	2.50	0.048
MDA, nmol/mg protein	1.96	3.23	2.09	0.38	0.135
sIgA, ng/mg protein	58.94^a	45.62^b	61.33^a	2.47	0.016

TN Thermal neutral zone, HS Heat stress, HSE Heat stress group supplemented 0.1% Enteromorpha prolifera polysaccharides, SEM Standard error of the mean, T-AOC Total antioxidant capacity, T-SOD Total superoxide dismutase, GSH-Px Glutathione peroxidase, CAT Catalase, GST Glutathione S-transferase, MDA Malondialdehyde, sIgA Secretory immunoglobulin A, P P value for analysis of variance (ANOVA)
^a,bDifferent superscripts in the same row indicate a significant difference between groups (P < 0.05)

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